List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus), bull frog, golden frog
usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- rustic, rural, countrified
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- (with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors
- unevenness
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)
usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to look stern
usually written using kana alone expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- it's OK to ..., it's best to ..., it's alright to ...
usually written using kana alone expression
- I wish I had ..., I should have ..., it would have been better if I had ...
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- spots, speckles, mottles
- speckled, spotted
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yuan (monetary unit of China)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small-scale whiting (Sillago parvisquamis), blue whiting